About Heart of Illinois United Way

Founded in 1921, the Heart of Illinois United Way brings together people from business, labor, government, health and human services to address our community’s needs. Money raised through the Heart of Illinois United Way campaign stays in our community funding programs and services in Marshall, Peoria, Putnam, Stark, Tazewell and Woodford Counties.

Our Mission

To increase the organized capacity of the people in central Illinois to care for one another.

Our Vision

To create a strong, safe and healthy community while providing the best return for the community’s charitable investment.

Our Core Values

The Heart of Illinois United Way is:

An Open and Accountable Community Leader

HOIUW is committed to responsibly and sensibly managing our organization and the funds entrusted to us. Our funding practices are fair, reasonable and appropriate to our mission. While operating with a level of integrity that inspires the highest level of trust, HOIUW maintains a standard of excellence and accountability by fairly and accurately disclosing information.

Respectful and Inclusive

HOIUW treats our investors, community partners and stakeholders with the highest level of respect while striving to be a model of diversity, fairness, teamwork and collaboration. From recipients of agency services, to our donors, staff and families, board of directors and volunteers, HOIUW recognizes the dignity, uniqueness, and intrinsic worth of every person in our community.

Proactive at Advancing the Common Good

HOIUW is the leader in a process that reinforces community stability while moving forward to create lasting change. Creativity and innovation are instrumental to how we continually evaluate and respond to community needs. Underneath everything we are, underneath everything we do, we are all people – connected, interdependent, united. It is not about helping just one person at a time, but more about how, united, we can change systems that help us all.

An Advocate for Volunteerism

HOIUW is a volunteer driven organization that depends upon thousands of volunteers annually to reinforce and move our mission and vision forward. This vibrant, competent and diverse group is one of our most powerful forms of philanthropy. Through community volunteerism and leadership, HOIUW is mobilizing a dedicated, united team of advocates working to advance the common good and create positive, lasting community change.

The Heart of Illinois United Way serves Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford, Marshall, Stark and Putnam counties. Each year, one in three residents in central Illinois are helped by United Way funded programs and initiatives.

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About Heart of Illinois

The Heart of Illinois United Way brings together people from business, labor, government, health and human services to address community needs in Marshall, Peoria, Putnam, Stark, Tazewell & Woodford Counties in Illinois.